Firoze M. P. Kotwal
- DHABHAR, BAHMANJI NUSSERWANJI
DHABHAR, BAHMANJI NUSSERWANJI (b. 1869 in Navsari, d. 1952 in Bombay 1952), eminent Parsi scholar of Bhagaria stock. He received his…
- STŪM
STŪM (Av. staoma-, MPers. stūm, satūm, stum, Pers. satumi, Guj. astam) “(ritual of) praise” in Zoroastrianism, in serving as a…
- TAVADIA, JEHANGIR C.
TAVADIA, JEHANGIR C., Parsi scholar of ancient Iranian languages and Zoroastrianism (b. in the village of Tavdi, near Navsari, 15…
- KANGA, MANECK FARDOONJI
KANGA, MANECK FARDOONJI, Parsi scholar of Zoroastrianism and Iranian languages (b. Navsari, 21 January 1908; d. Bombay, 17 October 1988;…
- HATARIA, MANEKJI LIMJI
HATARIA, MANEKJI LIMJI (مانکجی لیمجی هاتریا), emissary of the Parsis of India to the Zoroastrians of Iran from 1854 to 1890…
- DADYSETH ATAS BAHRAM
DADYSETH ĀTAŠ BAHRĀM, the oldest Ātaš Bahrām of Bombay, consecrated and installed according to Kadmi (see dadyseth) rites in the…
- DADYSETH AGIARY
DADYSETH AGIARY. In 1771 c.e. Dadibhai Noshirwanji Dadyseth established an agiary (see ātaškada) with an Ādarān fire for the sake of the…
- DADYSETH, Dadibhai Noshirwanji
DADYSETH, Dadibhai Noshirwanji (1734-99), a distinguished Parsi philanthropist. His given name was Dadi, -bhai being a courtesy addition, Seth a…
- MALABĀRI, BEHRĀMJI MERWĀNJI
MALABĀRI, BEHRĀMJI MERWĀNJI, Parsi Zoroastrian who became a prominent Indian poet, author, and social reformer (b. Baroda [now Vadodara] in…
- JIWĀM
JIWĀM (Pahl. and Pers. jīwām, jīw, jum, jām), “(consecrated) milk,” derives from Av. jīuuiiąm, gąm jīuuiiąm. It is the designation…
- CHĀNGĀ ĀSĀ
CHĀNGĀ ĀSĀ, an eminent Parsi layman who lived in the 15th-16th centuries a.d. at Navsari in Gujarat. In a passage…
- HĒRBEDESTĀN
HĒRBEDESTĀN (school for priests, religious school), a Middle Persian term designating (1) Zoroastrian priestly studies and (2) an Avestan/Pahlavi text…
- NĪRANGDĪN CEREMONY
NĪRANGDĪN CEREMONY, a Zoroastrian ritual to consecrate gōmēz, or bull’s urine; the consecrated liquid is known as nīrang or nīrangdīn….
- FARŌḴŠI
FARŌḴŠI, the name of a Zoroastrian ceremony for departed souls (Av. fravaši-, q.v.), also called Farošīn (Av. genitive plural fravašīnąm-),…
- IRĀNŠĀH
IRĀNŠĀH, the term now used by the Parsis as the name of their oldest sacred fire, the Ātaš Bahrām (q.v.)…
- HUŠT
HUŠT, a Zoroastrian-Persian term of unknown etymology, designating the area (in known practice a town-quarter, a village, or a group…
- HŌŠANG JĀMĀSP
HŌŠANG (Hōshang) JĀMĀSP, a distinguished Parsi scholar-priest (b. 26 April 1833 in Navsari; d. 23 April 1908 in Pune). He…
- HAMKALĀM
HAMKALĀM, a Zoroastrian-Persian adjective meaning “of the same word.” It is a hybrid compound of Persian ham “together, of the…
- BHARUCHAS
BHARUCHAS, the name of a group (panth) of Parsi Zoroastrian priests who had their headquarters at the ancient port of…
- BHAGARIAS
BHAGARIAS, the name of a group (panth) of Parsi Zoroastrian priests. Sometime after the Parsi settlement at Sanjan (q.v.) in…
- KUSTĪG
KUSTĪG, the Pahlavi term (Pers. kusti, košti, Guj. kustī) used to designate the “holy cord or girdle” worn around the…
- ĀTAŠ-ZŌHR
ĀTAŠ-ZŌHR, or ātaš-zōr (Persian zōr-e ātaš, a Middle Persian term for the Zoroastrian ritual offering to fire of fat from…
- ĀTAŠ NIYĀYIŠN
ĀTAŠ NIYĀYIŠN, the fifth in a group of five Zoroastrian prayers (niyāyišn), which is addressed to fire and its divinity…
- ĀLĀT
ĀLĀT (plural of Arabic āla), “utensils,” for Parsis the “sacred apparatus” employed in Zoroastrian rituals. Once consecrated, they function to…
- ĀFRĪN
ĀFRĪN “blessing,” benedictory prayers said at the conclusion of every Zoroastrian ceremony of blessings (āfrinagān). The purpose of these prayers…
- HAMĀZŌR
HAMĀZŌR, a Zoroastrian-Persian adjective meaning “of the same strength” (< OP/Av. hama-, AirWb, col. 1773, and OP *zavar-, AirWb, cols...
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT ii. In Zoroastrian Tradition
ALEXANDER THE GREAT ii. IN ZOROASTRIAN TRADITION The heritage of the Sasanian period includes two widely divergent storylines about Alexander,…